Blender 3.3.17 LTS Maintenance Release !

Blender 3.3.17 LTS features many bug fixes. It is released on the v3.3 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.3 - Stable - LTS.

[h3]Patch Notes[/h3]

• install_deps: Add git-lfs to 'build essentials'. (d78a01b8a9)
  
• Blender 3.3: Switch SVN to Git submodules using Git-LFS. (6481bf32b37)
  
• Deleting an unused light group caused the environment light group to render to another light group. (#117586)
  
• Possible crash with Motion Blur with changing curves count. (#117485)
  
• Crash loading certain .exr file in compositor. (#101227)
  
• IMB: Support rgba and V channels in single-layer EXR. (387d38366638656ca82560b744841d51b9c38a92)
  
• IMB: Read single-layer XYZ channels as a combined image. (a7ae75235f50b1b9d4293b2e220a520ecc2adfa8)
  
• Crash on attempting to rename linked object from the NLA. (#118225)
  
• Crash when delete linked object in scenes outliner. (#105968)
  
• GPencil: Blender crash when file open. (#102930)
  
• Cycles: Improve reporting of HIP texture allocation failures. (25cee646ad5)
  
• Fix: Cycles HIP incorrect rendering of clip image textures. (a3445a45290)
  
• Crash when opening the Compositor in an old file. (#117795)
  
• Able to link an external collection inside another linked collection, causes data loss. (#119142)
  
• 'Set Action' in outliner does not correctly update the animation. (#119106)
  
• Copy material to selected causes crash when receiving object doesn't have a material slot. (#114552)
  
  

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see 3.3 LTS releases on blender.org

[h3]LTS Program[/h3]

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